Colorado River

By Jose Gonzalez, NewsTaco The recent Colorado River binational agreement between Mexico and the US has been deemed “historic” and “landmark”—adjectives well-deserved if one considers how the story of the Colorado River is a history representative of the “water wars” of the Western US. It is a fight over water rights, the lifeblood in the

Though its name might be a little misleading, the Colorado River flows through seven states, running over 1,400 miles through the U.S. Southwest before emptying out into the Gulf of California. According to Nuestro Rio, the river...